Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

A woman accused of murdering her five-year-old son has appeared in crown court for the first time. Claire Button, 35, of Windstar Drive in South Ockendon, Essex, is charged with the murder of Lincoln Button, who was found dead on 15 December.

A man is facing murder charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames.